by Pam Bickell Aging is one of the more awkward subjects in American society, due to our obsession with youth and external beauty. In prose that is as confessional as it is transcendent, Pam Bickell takes us to the center of her soul without ever leaving her body. It’s interesting now looking back on my life. I can clearly see what turned out to be important and what didn’t. I do wish I’d been a dig deeper